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LOT 2855
Numerian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
A K M A NOYMЄPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena seated to left, holding Nike and long sceptre, shield below, [L] B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75847; Dattari (Savio) 5607; Emmett 4013. Very Fine.(7.24gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings gathered, with wreath in beak; behind, palm frond, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75790; Köln 3135; Dattari (Savio) 5563; K&G 112.17; Emmett 3981.4. 8.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Thanatos standing slightly to left, with legs crossed and leaning upon inverted torch set upon altar. Varbanov 1110; H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.22.41.2. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
